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I've seen sort of a Camino magazine A4 size (Spanish) in Avila albergue in 2015. I forgot what association is the official publisher though. Maybe someone from Spanish associations would know, like @JLWV from Levante???Last year I saw a magazine article about the Torres route; it was in a standard format glossy travel magazine that I think was specifically focused on all the Caminos - is that possible? Is there a camino magazine? In any case, a Spanish travel magazine (that may or may not be just about caminos) ran a cover story on the Camino del Torres last spring - maybe in the april issue? (I saw the magazine in the public library in Zamora in April).
The official site (first link) has many more of them. Click on desired etapa and scroll down. Plenty of beautiful photos. Click on the first one and they'll expand. I've been through them a few times and I'm sure Torres is a real hidden gem.Amazing, @KinkyOne ! The photos on the O Meu Camiño Torres FaceBook link are very nice!!
I'm hoping to do the Torres from Salamanca to Régua this autumn (if my knees hold up), and will post wikiloc trails if I do (then planning to turn right and follow the CPI up to Verín).The official site (first link) has many more of them. Click on desired etapa and scroll down. Plenty of beautiful photos. Click on the first one and they'll expand. I've been through them a few times and I'm sure Torres is a real hidden gem.
Wow, what a slow paced video for a bicigrinoI'm hoping to do the Torres from Salamanca to Régua this autumn (if my knees hold up), and will post wikiloc trails if I do (then planning to turn right and follow the CPI up to Verín).
A Spanish bicigrino has recently posted many pics but little information on Youtube:
My dear ladies, as I'm very happy for you to plan to walk it I'm kind of disappointed that I (most possibly) won't be the forum pioneer on that route
Anyway I think at least two forum members already walked the Torres. I will share all my links with you. So here we go: (lots of links) I think that will occupy you for some time
I'm hoping to do the Torres from Salamanca to Régua this autumn (if my knees hold up), and will post wikiloc trails if I do (then planning to turn right and follow the CPI up to Verín).
A Spanish bicigrino has recently posted many pics but little information on Youtube:
Hi Liam,Hi Alan, When do you plan to start? Hoping you are ahead of myself and my wife, Pauline, and can offer us advice. We are planning to leave Salamanca on September 24.
I am concerned at the disappearance of http://caminosantiago.usal.es/torres website. I haven't been able to access it for the past week.
Liam
Thanks Alan, Only seeing your reply now as I have had a busy week.Hi Liam,
I won't be getting to Salamanca until probably early November, so will be well behind you and looking forward to picking up any tips you have to offer.
The Torres website is a bit hit and miss (and very useful when it's working), but with the term starting shortly at Salamanca university, perhaps it will be running again soon? In the mean time, Ray y Rosa have posted the whole trail on wikiloc
https://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=10949409
and a bit more information on their website (although some of the links don't work):
http://www.rayyrosa.com/caminotorres.htm
Hope you enjoy it.
Alan
Hi ! It's not links, but recent experience !I'm thinking about walking the Torres next year, can anyone provide shortcuts to info so save me reinventing the wheel? Is there any albergue infrastructure on this route, or is it likely to be rather expensive?
Very welcome info. Thank you!Hi ! It's not links, but recent experience !
I started from Salamanca on 22th of August 2017 and finished in SdC on September, the 13th. For the first three stages, I slept on basic Albergue (old school) in Robliza de Cojos, San Munoz and Alba de Yeltes with excellent and nice welcome : go to the first bar to have an answer for the key of the albergue. In Ciudad Rodrigo in a residencial . In Aldea de Obispo in Albergue Municipal, ask for the key in a bar also. From Almeida to Lamego, I slept in Residencial and I paid from 17.5 € t0 25 €, sometimes with breakfast, sometimes not. In Mesao Frio, the Hotel was definitively closed and finaly, I slept to Bombeiros Voluntarios : I tried to find a room, but had no opportunities. In Amarante, I went to the youth Albergue. In Guimaraes, I had to take an Hotel, because the youth albergue was full. In Braga, it was in a private accomodation "Obra de Santa Zita". In Ponte de Lima, I made junction with the Camino Portugues and I found Albergue de Peregrinos (public albergue : 6 €). In Pontevedra, rather than going to Caldas de Reis, I walked on the "Variante Espiritual" going to Armenteira, Vilanova de Arousa and finaly, in Pontecesures, I met the Camino Portugues again.
I used a GPS and it was useful sometimes, especialy on first stages !!!.
Hi ! It's not links, but recent experience !
I started from Salamanca on 22th of August 2017 and finished in SdC on September, the 13th. For the first three stages, I slept on basic Albergue (old school) in Robliza de Cojos, San Munoz and Alba de Yeltes with excellent and nice welcome : go to the first bar to have an answer for the key of the albergue. In Ciudad Rodrigo in a residencial . In Aldea de Obispo in Albergue Municipal, ask for the key in a bar also. From Almeida to Lamego, I slept in Residencial and I paid from 17.5 € t0 25 €, sometimes with breakfast, sometimes not. In Mesao Frio, the Hotel was definitively closed and finaly, I slept to Bombeiros Voluntarios : I tried to find a room, but had no opportunities. In Amarante, I went to the youth Albergue. In Guimaraes, I had to take an Hotel, because the youth albergue was full. In Braga, it was in a private accomodation "Obra de Santa Zita". In Ponte de Lima, I made junction with the Camino Portugues and I found Albergue de Peregrinos (public albergue : 6 €). In Pontevedra, rather than going to Caldas de Reis, I walked on the "Variante Espiritual" going to Armenteira, Vilanova de Arousa and finaly, in Pontecesures, I met the Camino Portugues again.
I used a GPS and it was useful sometimes, especialy on first stages !!!.
I'm thinking about walking the Torres next year, can anyone provide shortcuts to info so save me reinventing the wheel? Is there any albergue infrastructure on this route, or is it likely to be rather expensive?
I'm thinking about walking the Torres next year, can anyone provide shortcuts to info so save me reinventing the wheel? Is there any albergue infrastructure on this route, or is it likely to be rather expensive?
I walked the Torres in June this year (details on my blog inaoncaminotorres.blogspot.fr). There are albergues in the first four villages you come to because there is no other form of accommodation available, and then as from Ponte de Lima as you join the Camino Portugues. In many of the other places there are youth hostels or residences at reasonable prices. You will find the some of the "relatos" on the "usal" website useful - google camino de torres.
This camino is marvelous, though I found it quite strenuous; but if I could walk it at 77 anybody can...
pelerine
Hi, modestly, I've tried to make some movies about Camino Torrès. For the moment, only 3Very welcome info. Thank you!
Hi ! It's not links, but recent experience !
I started from Salamanca on 22th of August 2017 and finished in SdC on September, the 13th. For the first three stages, I slept on basic Albergue (old school) in Robliza de Cojos, San Munoz and Alba de Yeltes with excellent and nice welcome : go to the first bar to have an answer for the key of the albergue. In Ciudad Rodrigo in a residencial . In Aldea de Obispo in Albergue Municipal, ask for the key in a bar also. From Almeida to Lamego, I slept in Residencial and I paid from 17.5 € t0 25 €, sometimes with breakfast, sometimes not. In Mesao Frio, the Hotel was definitively closed and finaly, I slept to Bombeiros Voluntarios : I tried to find a room, but had no opportunities. In Amarante, I went to the youth Albergue. In Guimaraes, I had to take an Hotel, because the youth albergue was full. In Braga, it was in a private accomodation "Obra de Santa Zita". In Ponte de Lima, I made junction with the Camino Portugues and I found Albergue de Peregrinos (public albergue : 6 €). In Pontevedra, rather than going to Caldas de Reis, I walked on the "Variante Espiritual" going to Armenteira, Vilanova de Arousa and finaly, in Pontecesures, I met the Camino Portugues again.
I used a GPS and it was useful sometimes, especialy on first stages !!!.
We stopped over in Rodrigo earlier this year and I thought that it would make a great alternative for me if I wanted to walk the VdlP again... I'd love to walk Seville to Salamanca and then divert to the Torres to SdC... so as usual @Magwood, I'll follow your blog with interest!
There are a few photos of Rodrigo in my blog... https://caminobrassblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/one-camino/
Hi Tyson.
I bought a iPad mini to use as a navigation device and downloaded wikiloc, only to discover that I’d stupidly bought something that needed to be connected to WiFi to enable gps.
To overcome this error, I bought a Garmin Glo (from Amazon, not cheap)which is a stand alone satellite receiver that can blue tooth to my iPad, it works well, apparently many light aircraft pilots use the same system, google..... gps, iPad, garmin glo.
You say you plan to walk the VdeLP in spring 2016? Is that a typo, plus the Torres is not the VdlP.
Regards
George
Hi, What do you need ?Hey I am new here - but I have walked some Caminoes and now I search information about the Camino Torre - anyone WHO can help ?
b) between Lamego and Mesão Frío I stayed at Peso de Régua so I could take the train ride to Pocinho (highly recommended).
I'm thinking about walking the Torres next year, can anyone provide shortcuts to info so save me reinventing the wheel? Is there any albergue infrastructure on this route, or is it likely to be rather expensive?
It’s been a while since someone mentioned this train ride and I just wanted to echo Donovan's recommendation here. This ride goes right along the river to the hamlet of Pocinho. After the town of Pinhao, the road disappears and you ride through a part of the valley that is inaccessible to cars because of all the rocks and steep hills. Amazing views, it’s really something.
I know that some peregrinos don’t like to mix touring with their Caminos, but if you do, this is not to be missed.
Cheap tickets, little chug chug train. When you get to Pocinho, there are two cafes for the half hour rest stop for the driver. And then you pile back on the train and head back to Regua.
Donovan, do you remember how long it took? Maybe 2 hours total?
Though I am not going to be able to walk this Camino in 2018, it is very high on my camino wish list. But for me the difficult decision comes in trying to decide between the Caminho Portugues Interior from Viseu to Chaves and on to the Sanabres at Lalin and this one.
I think that @alansykes may have a plan to combine the two, so I will just sit tight and see where he winds up, but I'm wondering if any of those who have walked it have any thoughts. The two do intersect at Lamego/Mesao Frio or somewhere near there.
Leaving the Torres at Lamego would mean missing Amarante, Guimaraes and Braga, all of which are really nice places. But the Torres does have the downside (at least for people wanting to avoid crowds) that it merges with the Camino Portugues at Ponte de Lima, and from there northward is likely to be crowded.
Yes, I took that train too, but don't think the whole trip is necessary. Yes, about 2 hours. I would just recommend an hour and then back.
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